February 2007 Issue
New strategic partners
The Bush administration’s 2004 Global Posture Review was primarily about reshaping America’s global military footprint for easier deployment in the changed geopolitical...
The Bush administration’s 2004 Global Posture Review was primarily about reshaping America’s global military footprint for easier deployment in the changed geopolitical...
To the congressional democrats For threatening to derail the president’s new Iraq plan before it has been given a chance to succeed.
To the British government For its scandalous decision to drop the corruption probe into the Al Yamamah arms deal with Saudi Arabia.
To President Bush For his choice of Adm. William “Fox” Fallon and Gen. David Petraeus as key new commanders to carry out the new Iraq plan.
A betrayal of our heritage
The Defense Department last year initiated a comprehensive review of how military awards and decorations are awarded. With our nation at war, it is particularly important that our services...
BY LT. CMDR. JOHN OWEN
The Defense Department last year initiated a comprehensive review of how military awards and decorations are awarded. With our nation at war, it is particularly important that our services...
BY LT. CMDR. JOHN OWEN
Progress and peril
The final version of Army FM 3-24, “Counterinsurgency,” (MCWP 3-33.5 for the Marine Corps) deserves applause for coming a long way fast. The Sept. 21 draft was a jumble of...
By Ralph Peters
The final version of Army FM 3-24, “Counterinsurgency,” (MCWP 3-33.5 for the Marine Corps) deserves applause for coming a long way fast. The Sept. 21 draft was a jumble of...
By Ralph Peters
Tanker
The Northrop Grumman/EADS partnership continues to advance its proposed KC-30 replacement for the aging Boeing KC-135 aerial tanker, winning an important point with the U.S. Air Force and...
By Scott Hamilton
The Northrop Grumman/EADS partnership continues to advance its proposed KC-30 replacement for the aging Boeing KC-135 aerial tanker, winning an important point with the U.S. Air Force and...
By Scott Hamilton
Trans-Atlantic trade challenges
Defense cooperation among allies, whether programmatically or intellectually, is critical. As the saying goes, “No one’s got a monopoly on good ideas.” And treasuries...
BY VAGO MURADIAN
Defense cooperation among allies, whether programmatically or intellectually, is critical. As the saying goes, “No one’s got a monopoly on good ideas.” And treasuries...
BY VAGO MURADIAN
Eye on a $100 billion pie
U.S. aerospace and defense companies are stepping up efforts to secure a major portion of an estimated $10 billion in annual purchases that India says it plans to spend over the next decade...
By Karen Walker
U.S. aerospace and defense companies are stepping up efforts to secure a major portion of an estimated $10 billion in annual purchases that India says it plans to spend over the next decade...
By Karen Walker
Nuclear fusion
The most important fact of America’s new strategic partnership with India is not just that it recognizes India as a nuclear power, but that it also represents open American acceptance...
BY STEPHEN BLANK
The most important fact of America’s new strategic partnership with India is not just that it recognizes India as a nuclear power, but that it also represents open American acceptance...
BY STEPHEN BLANK
A blossoming relationship
For all the recent developments in the U.S.-Japan alliance, perhaps the most striking is that the alliance managers have made it look so easy. This is no mean accomplishment — the...
By Christopher Griffin
For all the recent developments in the U.S.-Japan alliance, perhaps the most striking is that the alliance managers have made it look so easy. This is no mean accomplishment — the...
By Christopher Griffin